German MP smuggles African migrant into the country by hiding him in the BOOT of his car

Diether Dehm admitted to secretly driving the child asylum seeker into Germany without registering him with border authorities.
Dehm claimed he took pity on the boy, who had ended up stranded in Italy after he attempted to reach Germany to be with his father following the death of his mother.
The German MP, who is a member of the country’s opposition Left Party, allowed the boy to stay at his holiday home in Italy’s Lake Maggiore before the pair crossed the border.
Under German law, Dehm is immune from prosecution, but authorities are now calling for him his legal protection to be removed.... read more

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